RANDY WAYNE WHITE'S ULTIMATE TARPON BOOK: THE BIRTH OF BIG GAME FISHING. UNFORGETTABLE BATTLES WITH THE FASCINATING SILVER KING. Edited by Randy Wayne White and Carlene Fredericka Brennen.

2010 1st edition. 4to (185 x 260mm). Ppxxxviii,437. B/w photographs. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt.

This is an extensive collection of writing on tarpon fishing". Filled with stories of fishing expeditions, historical information on the development of big game fishing, and scientific facts about Megalops atlanticus, this book providesthe definitive word on all things tarpon". Writers range from the familiar to the refreshing, and the full time-span occupied by the sport is represented. Contributions from; Ernest Hemingway, Zane Grey, W.H. Wood, Randy Wayne White, Thomas Edison, Billy Pate, A.W. Dimock, Mark Sosin, Theodore Roosevelt, Ted Williams, Lefty Kreh, Joan Wulff, Jimmy Albright, Stu Apte, Vic Dunaway, Chico Fernandez, Thomas McGuane, Van Campen Heilner,Flip Pallot, Nick Lyons, Joe Brooks, Bill Curtis, and others. This hardback first edition is now out-of-print.